Elisa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Elisa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Elisa: Recorded since 1959, it reached #167 in 2021, and it stood at #249 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
121times a registrar ranked it
67years from first to last
#167highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#661
1997	#897
1998	#639
1999	#605
2000	#565
2001	#612
2002	#547
2003	#607
2004	#638
2005	#553
2006	#512
2007	#559
2008	#532
2009	#547
2010	#471
2011	#509
2012	#397
2013	#368
2014	#341
2015	#372
2016	#330
2017	#350
2018	#350
2019	#338
2020	#365
2021	#407
2022	#330
2023	#370
2024	#432

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 57 of the 67 years from 1959 to 2025.

In 2025: #249 among girls in Norway, #381 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1959–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1959
First recorded at #454 among girls in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1959–2025
Highest recorded position: #167 among girls in Norway, in 2021 (recorded 1959–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #249 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Elisa appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 57 years beginning in 1959, and has registered 954 births with the name.

Elisa across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Elisa's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#454 (1959)	#167 (2021)	#249 (2025)	57 of 67	954 (1959–2025)	35 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#471 (1972)	#203 (2022)	#381 (2025)	33 of 54	260 (1972–2025)	23 (2022)
England and Wales · Girls	#661 (1996)	#330 (2016)	#432 (2024)	29 of 29	2,512 (1996–2024)	151 (2016)

Elisa by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Elisa in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1960s	20	4 of 10	5
1970s	39	6 of 10	7
1980s	102	10 of 10	10
1990s	127	10 of 10	13
2000s	264	10 of 10	26
2010sbusiest	280	10 of 10	28
2020s	118	6 of 10	20

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Elisa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1959 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #167 in Norway in 2021.

Elisa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#432	99	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#370	113	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#330	130	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#407	109	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#365	121	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#338	133	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#350	136	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#350	134	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#330	151	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#372	121	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#341	134	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#368	123	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#397	117	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#509	83	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#471	87	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#547	71	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#532	72	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#559	65	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#512	72	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#553	60	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#638	47	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#607	48	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#547	54	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#612	42	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#565	48	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#605	43	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#639	39	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#661	36	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#249	16	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#252	16	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#245	17	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#204	20	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#167	27	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#205	22	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#227	21	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#199	25	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#180	30	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#200	28	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#188	30	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#233	24	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#234	24	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#172	35	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#179	32	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#193	31	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#283	18	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#250	22	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#201	29	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#179	35	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#213	26	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#254	19	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#172	32	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#179	30	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#209	24	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#182	29	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#224	21	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#463	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#425	8	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#374	10	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#300	14	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#299	14	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#350	12	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#402	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#285	17	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#333	14	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#445	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#446	9	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#368	12	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#469	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#351	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#430	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#238	20	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#491	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#374	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#566	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#468	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#462	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#499	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#598	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#547	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#348	10	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#491	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#534	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#414	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#447	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#454	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#381	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#342	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	23	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	19	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#341	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	12	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#371	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#395	12	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	10	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1959 and 2025, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #167, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 151 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1972, and 65 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Elira · #898, 11y
Elis · #280, 30y
Elisabet · #154, 68y
Elisabeta · #750, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eddie · #166, 55y
Louisa · #166, 59y
Rafael · #181, 53y
Darius · #182, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Jannike · #167, 48y
Janicke · #166, 40y
Miroslaw · #168, 36y
Renata · #169, 59y

Elisa was ranked #167 in Norway · Girls in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Elisa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Elisa without appearing here.

Elisa moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 2011 they stood at #550 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #371 and #907.
Wendy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #862 and #862 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #371 and #907.
Cheryl Compare
In 2016 they stood at #695 and #550 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #341 and #873.
Sissel Compare
In 1999 they stood at #463 and #445 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #182 and #627.

Moved ahead of Elisa

Maia Compare
In 1996 they stood at #661 and #753 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #897 and #456.
Holly Compare
In 1992 they stood at #313 and #365 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1993 that had become #516 and #105.
Ava Compare
In 1996 they stood at #661 and #753 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #897 and #500.
Alyssa Compare
In 1996 they stood at #661 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #897 and #506.

Moved the opposite way to Elisa

Anita Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elisa went from #454 to #249 while Anita went from #15 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elisa went from #454 to #249 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elisa went from #454 to #249 while Åse went from #35 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elisa went from #454 to #249 while Aud went from #34 to #427.

Moved the same way as Elisa

Ada Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elisa went from #454 to #249 and Ada from #280 to #18.
Alice Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elisa went from #454 to #249 and Alice from #344 to #182.
Alma Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elisa went from #454 to #249 and Alma from #441 to #8.
Andrea Compare
Between 1959 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elisa went from #454 to #249 and Andrea from #281 to #98.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1959 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #167 in Norway in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elisa

Elisa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elisa across 3 official records

Elisa by decade in Norway · Girls

Elisa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Elisa

Elisa and the names beside it

Elisa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elisa

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Moved the same way as Elisa

Elisa at a glance

Elisa across 3 official records

Elisa by decade in Norway · Girls

Elisa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Elisa

Elisa and the names beside it

Elisa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elisa

Moved the opposite way to Elisa

Moved the same way as Elisa